Providing A Restricted Or Insulated Environment (i.e., Sealable) For Internal Elements Patents (Class 16/2.2)
  • Publication number: 20140145427
    Abstract: Bushings include a tubular body that defines a through-bore for receiving a fastener for mounting a component to an object. The tubular body includes end regions and a plurality of spring elements spaced circumferentially around the tubular body and extending longitudinally along the tubular body between the end regions. Also disclosed are apparatus that include bushings, such as aircraft, and associated methods of utilizing bushings and of manufacturing bushings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: The Boeing Company
  • Patent number: 8720920
    Abstract: A sleeve for assembling into a sub-assembly including a control arm of a vehicular suspension assembly prepared by a process is disclosed. The process includes the steps of: providing a tubular segment; firstly shaping a first portion of the tubular segment to include a proximal flange; secondly shaping a second portion of the tubular segment to include a distal flange. A third portion of the tubular segment forms an intermediate body extending between the proximal flange and the distal flange. The length of the tubular segment includes a substantially constant and uniform thickness after the firstly shaping step and the secondly step. A sleeve is also disclosed. A sub-assembly. A portion of a vehicular suspension assembly is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Williams-Bayer Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Wilbert W. Williams, Richard Bayer, Brian Bayer, Adam Bayer, Christopher Bayer, Craig Williams
  • Patent number: 8704098
    Abstract: First and second grommets are each positioned in contact with vehicle body panel surfaces through which a wire harness through-hole has been bored. The first and second grommets are each integrally formed from rubber or an elastomer with a small diameter tubular portion, to which a wire harness is adhered, then inserted and fixated by tape-winding, and with a large diameter tubular portion extending from one end of the small diameter tubular portion. One portion of a stud bolt fixatedly inserted into a bolt hole bored in the peripheral rim of the wire harness through-hole on the vehicle body panel and protruding from both surfaces of the vehicle body panel passes through a bolt hole provided on the first grommet and is fixated by a nut, while another portion of the stud bolt passes through a bolt press-fitting hole provided on the second grommet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Narihiro Agusa
  • Patent number: 8704099
    Abstract: A grommet includes a small diameter tubular portion to which a wire harness is tightly fitted and inserted therethrough, and a large diameter tubular portion continuous to one end of the small diameter tubular portion. A silencer made of rubber is fitted within the large diameter tubular portion. The silencer includes a flat circular piece blocking a central cavity of the large diameter tubular portion. A wire harness insertion hole is provided on the flat circular piece communicating with the small diameter tubular portion of the grommet. A slit is provided from the wire harness insertion hole to an outer peripheral surface of the flat circular piece in order to insert the wire harness into the wire harness insertion hole with sideways insertion. The slit is provided with an irregularly shaped line portion to inhibit separation, configured with a keyhole-shaped or a dovetail groove-shaped line between both ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Narihiro Agusa
  • Patent number: 8692122
    Abstract: A grommet is fit on a pipe harness formed by inserting a wire harness into a metallic pipe. The grommet has a small-diameter tube configured to allow insertion of the pipe harness therethrough in a tight manner. The small-diameter tube has an inner diameter B obtained by adding an allowable tolerance dimension ? to an outer diameter A of the pipe. Two annular ribs project from an outer peripheral surface of the small-diameter tube on the side of a distal end opening and a band winding portion is interposed between the annular ribs. An annular sealing lip projects from an inner peripheral surface of the small-diameter tube at an inner position displaced from a position corresponding to the band winding portion. The sealing lip has an inner diameter C obtained by subtracting the allowable tolerance dimension ? from the outer diameter A of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20140060947
    Abstract: A grommet and seal assembly enables a pair of ducts to pass through a sound wall that separates an engine from a cooling system. The disclosed grommet and seal assembly enables the sound wall to flex without breaking the seal between the grommets and the air ducts. The grommet and seal assembly may include a pair of flexible grommets which are installed in openings in the sound wall and through which the air ducts are installed. Rigid proximal and distal plates may then be coupled together so that the flexible grommets are sandwiched between the proximal and distal plates. Each flexible grommet may include dual flanges and all four flanges may be sandwiched between the proximal and distal plates after the proximal and distal plates are coupled together. A center plate may also be included between the flanges and between the proximal and distal plates for additional structural integrity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Caterpillar, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Braun, Jessica Boldt
  • Patent number: 8661614
    Abstract: A grommet device and method of using a grommet device is provided. The grommet device includes a base structure and a top structure connected to the base structure with a plurality of sidewalls, wherein an aperture having a central axis is formed interior of the plurality of sidewalk. At least one flexible bowed element having a first end, a second end and a middle portion is connected to the base structure at the first end and the top structure at the second end, wherein the middle portion is positioned within the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Symmetry Medical Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Kraig Herman Allen
  • Patent number: 8656553
    Abstract: Waterproof performance of a grommet is stabilized, the grommet being inserted and engaged with a through-hole having a burring in a body panel. A grommet for a wire harness is externally fitted to the wire harness routed in a vehicle and is mounted to a through-hole from which a burring of a body panel projects. The grommet includes a one-piece molded component of one of rubber and elastomer and an annular body engagement recess in an outer peripheral surface of a tubular portion through which the wire harness is inserted. A size between two side surfaces that define a bottom surface of the body engagement portion is set to be less than a projection size of the burring projecting from a periphery of the through-hole. A projecting front end surface of the burring is wedged in and pressed into contact with one of the side surfaces to serve as a seal point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Okuhara, Tsutomu Sakata
  • Publication number: 20140007373
    Abstract: A fire protection sleeve is disclosed. The fire protection sleeve has a carrier strip and an intumescent overlay, which runs on an inner surface along the carrier strip and is connected thereto. A plurality of recesses spaced apart from one another in a longitudinal direction are provided on the outer side of the carrier strip facing away from the intumescent overlay. The fire protection sleeve also has a closure clip, made in particular of a sheet, wherein the closure clip has at least two hooks that are able to engage in the recesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventor: Herbert MUENZENBERGER
  • Patent number: 8609990
    Abstract: A gasket for electric cables includes a main portion made of elastic material; a through hole that passes longitudinally through the main body and constitutes the seat of a cable to be insulated; a longitudinal slit passes through the body of the gasket and connects the through seat to the outside, allowing, by virtue of the elastic deformability of the material of the gasket, the insertion of the cable in the through seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Palazzoli S.p.A.
    Inventor: Bruno Levi
  • Patent number: 8604362
    Abstract: A device includes a cover defining a sleeve, which allows a transmission cable to pass therethrough such that the transmission cable passes from an inner side of the device to an outer side of the device. An elastomer is filled in the sleeve and embedded with the transmission cable. A fastening member is employed to engage with the sleeve to tightly press the elastomer embedded with the transmission cable to prevent water from entering the device along the transmission cable and the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shih-Chang Hsu
  • Patent number: 8584315
    Abstract: A grommet extends along an axis for insertion into a hole of a panel. The grommet includes a hollow funnel-shaped section inclined to the axis such that a portion of said funnel-shaped section is compressed radially inward during insertion of the grommet into said hole, the funnel-shaped section terminates at a circular ridgeline. The grommet also includes a retention groove adjacent to the ridgeline for receiving the panel upon complete insertion of the grommet into the hole. An array of recesses is included on an inside surface of the grommet. The recesses are arranged to expand when the funnel-shaped section passes through the hole during insertion of the grommet into the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Masanori Adachi, Dale J. Smutny
  • Patent number: 8572806
    Abstract: A grommet configured to seal an insertion hole formed in a panel into which a pipe is inserted may include a base that is configured to be connected to the insertion hole, a boot that is integrally formed in the base and has a thinned wall thickness, and at least one rib that is formed in the boot. The boot has a truncated cone-shaped main portion having an insertion bore into which the pipe can be inserted, and a connecting portion that is folded back from a circumferential periphery of the main portion via a folded back portion and is connected to the base. The at least one rib is formed in the main portion and the connecting portion while straddling the folded back portion, so as to restrict the main portion from being axially displaced relative to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Daiwa Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshio Iwahara, Takahiro Sugiyama, Keiji Okaichi, Hayato Kamigashima
  • Patent number: 8544147
    Abstract: A grommet includes two semicircular closing plate sections that protrude from inner peripheries of a larger diameter end of an enlarging diameter tubular section provided with a vehicle body latch recess. Two half ring sections protrude from peripheral edges of central circular cut-outs at opposed ends of the semicircular closing plate sections. Adhesive tape is wound around the half ring sections. The semicircular closing plate sections are thinner than the enlarging diameter tubular section and have bellows-like configurations with projections and depressions. The half ring sections deform in accordance with an outer diameter of the wire harness and a bending direction of the wire harness. Deformation of the semicircular closing plate sections is absorbed by the bellows-like configurations, and the vehicle body latch recess of the enlarging diameter tubular section coupled to an outer periphery of the semicircular closing plate sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kinryu Paku, Tsutomu Sakata, Daiki Nagayasu, Masahide Tsuru
  • Patent number: 8530761
    Abstract: A grommet includes a body having a first wall and a second wall. A passageway extends from the first wall to the second wall, and a service port extends from a first end adjacent to the first wall to a second end adjacent to the second wall. A first cap is integral with the first wall and covers the first end of the service port. Similarly, a second cap is integral with the second wall and covers the second end of the service port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Mohammed M. Baydoun
  • Patent number: 8507798
    Abstract: A sealing grommet, particularly for data centers and the like, formed of one or a pair of U-shaped frame sections, each co-molded with a thermoplastic elastomeric seal of corrugated wave form, with corrugated edges of the seals exposed at the open sides of the U-shaped frames. A pair of such grommet sections joined together, with the corrugated edges arranged to be in contact and in phase, provides a uniquely efficient seal to hold back air under pressure while allowing various pass-through elements, such as cables, hoses, etc., to be extended through the grommet and while enabling the pass-through elements to be easily added, removed, or rearranged as may be necessary to accommodate the dynamic changes experienced in the operation of a data center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Upsite Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur T. Sempliner, Jonathan Pettingill
  • Patent number: 8502079
    Abstract: A grommet includes a wire passage supporting a wire harness, a pinch-grip, and a connector. The pinch-grip is fixable to a vehicle body panel by pinching a peripheral edge of the panel surrounding a through-hole. The connector has an annular shape having a curved portion recessed to an inner periphery, the recessed portion extending in a peripheral direction. One end of the connector is joined to the wire passage and the other end is joined to the pinch-grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaru Shitamichi
  • Publication number: 20130192025
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a high pressure bushing arranged through by penetrating a stator frame of a rotating electrical machine in which a cooling gas is sealed. At least a communicating hole is provided in the hollow connecting conductor and at least a reflux hole is provided in the gas circulation pipe, such that the cooling gas flows in both of the first gap and the second gap, passes through an inner side of the gas circulation pipe, and is discharged to the machine inner side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
  • Patent number: 8497435
    Abstract: A cable mounting structure for an electric apparatus is provided which ensures sealing properties, such as waterproof properties and dustproof properties, and which can effectively contribute to downsizing, while easing restrictions on the size of a connecting tool mounted on one end of a cable connected to an electric apparatus body. The cable mounting structure comprises a housing (10) for accommodating an electric apparatus body, a cable (11) connected to the electric apparatus body via a second connector (12) or the like, a grommet (20) mounted on the cable (11), a recessed housing section (15) provided in the housing (10), and a lid (30) for closing the recessed housing section. The recessed housing section is formed in a closed-bottomed tubular shape recessed inwardly of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Meidensha Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Nagata, Yoshitaka Higashi
  • Publication number: 20130177349
    Abstract: A grommet for securing a tube includes an oval hole having a wide portion and a narrow portion, a recess located between upper and lower shoulders surrounding the hole, an inclined surface to guide the grommet into a mounting hole, and a lower surface that can 5 be engaged by a connector on the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Robert H. Saunders, Ha To Chung, Robert J. Mohan
  • Patent number: 8461457
    Abstract: A grommet includes an outer body and an inner body. The outer body, is formed with a wire insertion hole through which a wire is inserted, and has a panel fitting portion at a circumferential portion thereof. The panel fitting portion fits in a first panel hole having a first diameter. The inner body, is attached to the outer body, and has a locking fitting portion at a circumferential portion thereof. The locking fitting portion fits in a second panel hole having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter and locks an inner edge portion of the second panel hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kouji Miyakoshi, Akimizu Kamishima, Hidetoshi Sato, Yutaka Ishida
  • Patent number: 8431836
    Abstract: Explosion proof enclosures and explosion proof connectors and sensors are used to render a machine, intended to be operated in an explosive environment, explosion proof. An explosion proof connector includes an intermediate section having an input portion to receive a cable from a terminal external to an explosion proof enclosure and an output portion for passing the cable for connection to a terminal within an explosion proof enclosure. A sealing tube which extends between the input and output portions has a central opening for enabling a cable to be passed through. A sealant may be injected into the sealing tube to form an air tight connection between the cable and the inner walls of the sealing tube which inhibits a hazardous condition from passing through and around the sealing tube. An explosion proof sensor includes potting and encasing the sensor in its own explosion proof case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Miretti SpA
    Inventor: Angelo Miretti
  • Patent number: 8408020
    Abstract: A temperature chamber in which a device is tested is connected to a temperature-controlled air source for controlling temperature of the chamber. The temperature chamber includes thermal insulation formed on side surfaces of the chamber. A universal manifold adaptor for directing the temperature-controlled air directly to a device being tested is connected to the chamber. The temperature chamber also includes an exhaust system. A self-closing cable feed-through module is connected to an outer surface of the chamber. The feed-through module includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein cables are fed through the first and second portions into the chamber in a first position and the first and second portions form a leak tight seal around the cables in a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Temptronic Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Cole, Sr., Michael F. Conroy, Edward Lowerre, James Pelrin
  • Patent number: 8399762
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrical feed-through (200) for making a durable and reliable electrical connection through a wall (227) of a vacuum chamber (225). The electrical feed-through (200) comprises a tubular member having an open end (217) and a closed end (219). At least one conductor (201) extends through the closed end (217) and is fixed thereto by a vacuum sealing joint (214). The joint (214) is arranged so that it is not in line-of-sight from the open end (217). In this way impinging elements (220) and direct heat radiation (221) is prevented from directly reaching the joint (214), thereby extending the time it takes for contamination of the joint (214) to cause problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Solibro Research AB
    Inventors: Lars Stolt, Olle Lundberg
  • Publication number: 20130061424
    Abstract: A waterproof grommet mounted on a cab of a construction machine is provided, which includes a main body having a cable connection path formed therein and being bent to prevent an inflow of rainwater into the cab, a support plate inserted into and engaged with one side of the cab to support the main body, and a reinforcement rib formed at an end portion of an outer surface of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AB
    Inventor: Se-Jo Lee
  • Patent number: 8378238
    Abstract: Bush to be arranged between two fitting elements for passing through cables, lines or the like in protected fashion, comprising an elongate, hose-shaped bush body (10) with a substantially linearly running central section (11) and heads (12, 13) at the ends, wherein the heads (12, 13) form a first inner circumferential face (20) at their open ends and a latching device (14, 15) for knocking the bush into installation openings in the fitting elements (M) is formed on each of the heads (12, 13) and integrally therewith, which latching device has a circumferential web (16) with at least one latching hook (17), which is formed thereon and has at least one radially outer latching tab (18), wherein the web forms a second inner circumferential face (19) opposite the latching tab (18), characterized in that the bush body (11) is formed from rubber and the latching devices (14, 15); are formed from hard-elastic plastic, and in that at least one of the second inner circumferential faces (19) is configured in such a way
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Johann Brunner, Erich Blumberg
  • Publication number: 20130025087
    Abstract: A low-friction bush for a vehicle may include an inner pipe having a spherical portion being convex toward the outside, a bearing seat configured to be in rolling contact with an outer surface of the spherical portion of the inner pipe, wherein each entrance of the bearing seat may be spaced from the spherical portion of the inner pipe, a sealing member sealingly mounted between each end of the inner pipe and the entrance of the bearing seat, a plastic housing integrally injection-molded on an outer surface of the bearing seat and an outer surface of the sealing member, an outer pipe spaced from an outer circumference of the plastic housing, and a vibration-proof rubber filled in a space between the outer pipe and the plastic housing to integrate the outer pipe and the plastic housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Dae Won Jang, Hee Gon Kang
  • Publication number: 20130000072
    Abstract: A clamping assembly for permitting passage of an elongated member through a wall. The clamping assembly includes a first clamping member and a second clamping member. The first clamping member includes a first arm extending outwardly from a first central portion of the first clamping member. The second clamping member includes a second arm extending outwardly from a second central portion of the second clamping member. The second clamping member is configured to be removably engaged with the first clamping member, such that the first arm and the second arm define an opening for permitting passage of the elongated member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Gareth Leuan Jones, Sage Frederick Smith, John William Salay
  • Publication number: 20130000073
    Abstract: A pipe sleeve for housing a portion of a pipe that includes a body portion having a hollow interior and first and second end portions for receiving and housing the portion of the pipe therein; and a flexible gasket portion formed at the first end of the body portion opposite the second end receiving the portion of the pipe, wherein the flexible gasket portion extends into the hollow interior of the body portion at the first end thereof a predetermined distance and conforms to a size of the portion of the pipe and applies pressure thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Rusmir Canic, Husnija Canic
  • Publication number: 20120297572
    Abstract: A sleeve installation for a penetration in a panel may include a sleeve and a sleeve lock assembly. The sleeve may have an outer sleeve surface and may extend at least partially into the penetration in the panel. The sleeve lock assembly may be mounted to the sleeve and may include a female ring member, a male ring member, and an annular locking member. The female ring member may include a threaded interior portion and an annular lip. The annular lip may include an annular ramp surface. The male ring member may have an axial flange and a radial flange extending outwardly from the axial flange. The axial flange may have an annular end face and a threaded exterior portion for engaging the threaded interior portion of the female ring member. The locking member may have opposing ends defining a gap therebetween. The locking member may include a central band and at least one annular gripping flange having a gripping edge to engage the outer sleeve surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventor: James Stewart
  • Publication number: 20120297573
    Abstract: A grommet configured to seal an insertion hole formed in a panel into which a pipe is inserted may include a base that is configured to be connected to the insertion hole, a boot that is integrally formed in the base and has a thinned wall thickness, and at least one rib that is formed in the boot. The boot has a truncated cone-shaped main portion having an insertion bore into which the pipe can be inserted, and a connecting portion that is folded back from a circumferential periphery of the main portion via a folded back portion and is connected to the base. The at least one rib is formed in the main portion and the connecting portion while straddling the folded back portion, so as to restrict the main portion from being axially displaced relative to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicants: TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DAIWA KASEI KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshio IWAHARA, Takahiro SUGIYAMA, Keiji OKAICHI, Hayato KAMIGASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20120291220
    Abstract: Waterproof performance of a grommet is stabilized, the grommet being inserted and engaged with a through-hole having a burring in a body panel. A grommet for a wire harness is externally fitted to the wire harness routed in a vehicle and is mounted to a through-hole from which a burring of a body panel projects. The grommet includes a one-piece molded component of one of rubber and elastomer and an annular body engagement recess in an outer peripheral surface of a tubular portion through which the wire harness is inserted. A size between two side surfaces that define a bottom surface of the body engagement portion is set to be less than a projection size of the burring projecting from a periphery of the through-hole. A projecting front end surface of the burring is wedged in and pressed into contact with one of the side surfaces to serve as a seal point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.,
    Inventors: Takashi Okuhara, Tsutomu Sakata
  • Publication number: 20120291221
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for feeding one or more lines through an opening in a wall or a floor, comprising a frame (2) arranged in the opening, wherein the frame (2) forms one or more feed-through openings (3), which can be closed by means of one or more covers (6), and wherein brush bristles (11) are reversibly attached by attachment means to the inner wall (9) that forms the inner edge (4) of the feed-through opening (3), wherein the brush bristles (11) are arranged in such a way that the brush bristles cover the feed-through opening (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventor: Bhavik Amin
  • Publication number: 20120266409
    Abstract: A compressible module having an axial groove for localisation of a cable or pipe having at least two module sections or submodules having differing physical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Roxtec AB
    Inventors: Jens Andersson, Jenny Filipsen, Ulf Hildingsson, Christer Lundborg, Stefan Milton, Ronnie Pettersson, Jörgen Akesson, Mats Ericson
  • Publication number: 20120240350
    Abstract: A bushing has a body with a cylindrical shape, an axis, and a plurality of dimples formed in the body extending in a radial direction with respect to the axis. The body is electrically conductive. A sliding layer that is electrically non-conductive is formed on at least a portion of the body. A coating that is electrically non-conductive is formed on at least a portion of the body. The bushing has an uninstalled configuration where the bushing is electrically non-conductive, and an installed configuration where the bushing is electrically conductive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicants: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS PAMPUS GMBH, SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Parag Natu, Timothy J. Hagan
  • Publication number: 20120222265
    Abstract: A bar end plug structure of handle grip has an assembly aperture formed on its plug main body. A gap is provided on one side of the plug main body and a fastening unit is provided on the lateral of the gap. The structure further has a plug cap and a flexible washer. The flexible washer has a housing aperture to be engaged by an annular block of the plug cap. The flexible washer is invaginated into one side of the assembly aperture of the plug main body, while a grip is inserted in the other side of the same. Thus, the flexible washer is used as a cushion among the plug main body, the plug cap and the grip to compensate relative tolerance occurred among them during manufacturing, so as to firmly assemble them together, furthermore, to maintain their respective structure in good integrity without damage happened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventor: CHIH-HSIEN CHEN
  • Patent number: 8222526
    Abstract: A high voltage bushing and flange with an interior seal. The high voltage bushing includes an outer insulating material. The high voltage bushing includes a flange with an interior seal comprised of at least two flange O-ring channels; at least two O-rings; a sealant channel; and a quantity of sealant filling the sealant channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: AGT Services
    Inventors: Michael Bresney, Shawn M. Byrnes, Charles Marino
  • Publication number: 20120159740
    Abstract: A clamping ring for a cable gland has a first ring and a second ring, the first ring and the second ring being orientated coaxially relative to a common longitudinal axis. The first ring and the second ring are connected via a plurality of deformable ribs. The ribs are designed to deform in the direction of the longitudinal axis when the first ring and the second ring are brought into convergence one with the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Strelow, Andreas Leonhard
  • Patent number: 8206809
    Abstract: A matte seal includes a seal body that extends along and about a width-wise axis. The seal body has a first surface and an opposite parallel second surface and an outer peripheral surface extending to and between the first and second surfaces. The seal body has an inner through hole surface defining a through hole extending along and about the width-wise axis and between and through the first and second surfaces. The seal body has at least one recess formed into the first surface. The at least one recess is disposed apart from and between the inner through hole surface and the outer peripheral surface. The at least one recess extends parallel to the width-wise axis and partially into the seal body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: J. S. T. Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Yash, Ping Chen
  • Patent number: 8203079
    Abstract: A grommet that sheathes a wire harness for a motor vehicle comprising a smaller diameter tubular section provided at one end of the grommet and capable of being inserted into a through-hole in the motor vehicle, a tapered tubular section including a slant wall extending from the smaller diameter tubular section and the slant wall includes a pair of opposed longer sides, a pair of opposed shorter sides, and corner slant sides provided between the longer sides and the shorter sides, and a larger diameter tubular section extending through a vehicle body locking recess to a larger end part of the tapered tubular section and the larger diameter tubular section includes a pair of opposed longer sides, a pair of opposed shorter sides, and four round corners, the tapered tubular section is capable of deformation inward such that the vehicle body locking recess is engaged with the through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Limited
    Inventor: Satoshi Ujita
  • Patent number: 8183475
    Abstract: A sealing assembly having a flexible sleeve and a means for sealing a top portion of the sleeve around a plurality of cables, such as by a hook and loop type fastener attached at the top portion of the sleeve. The sleeve is configured to receive at least one cable therethrough and a bottom portion of the sleeve is configured to be secured to a surface. The sleeve can also be electrically conductive such that the sleeve dissipates static electricity from the cable to the surface. The sealing assembly can also have a grommet positioned adjacent the bottom portion of the sleeve. The grommet has a first wall having a plurality of apertures for connecting the grommet to a surface and a second wall that extends substantially perpendicular to the first wall and is configured to extend through an aperture in the surface. The second wall is flexible to protect the cable from sharp edges associated with the aperture in the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Joseph Allen Dukes, Kevin Larry Nelson, Rhonda Johnson
  • Publication number: 20120119567
    Abstract: A cartridge for a track chain used to propel a track machine is disclosed. The cartridge includes a pin that passes axially through a bushing. The bushing may include two opposing ends and a cylindrical outer surface extending between the opposing ends of the bushing. Each end of the bushing includes an annular seal pocket for accommodating a seal and an annular step groove for coupling each end of the bushing to an inner track link. The bushing may be axially disposed between two inserts and the seals are track seals that engage one of the inserts. The inserts may be axially disposed between two collars and the collars are coupled to the pin. The collars may also include annular seal pockets that accommodate track seals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: Caterpillar, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Johannsen, Roger Recker
  • Publication number: 20120096673
    Abstract: A grommet like device including at least three layers that can be attached to a larger flat surface to allow a cable or other object to move perpendicularly through a hole in a movable fee floating layer of this grommet like device, such that the cable or moving object can displace a freely movable portion of the grommet further in a direction largely parallel to the surface to which the grommet is attached, than a small opening or attachment in the center of the grommet, would otherwise allow without causing a lateral movement of the larger surface, substantial pressure or friction, or a larger unobstructed opening in the larger flat surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventor: Dale Jared Retter
  • Patent number: 8134089
    Abstract: A device for electric connection to an energy supply conductor for medium and high voltage, including: a voltage-carrying element; a tubular outer shell formed by a thermoplastic polymer and connected to the voltage carrying element; wherein the voltage-carrying element extends in a longitudinal direction of the tubular shell, and wherein, at least along a part of the length of the voltage-carrying element, the outer shell extends in a longitudinal direction with a space between its inner periphery and an outer periphery of the voltage-carrying element; the outer shell being provided with an outer contact surface to be connected to a wall of a gas-tight container somewhere along the part of the length of the voltage-carrying element; wherein the outer shell is arranged so as to separate said space from an atmosphere outside a container to which the device may be connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Patrik Roseen, Paal Kristian Skryten, Tom-Rune Bjortuft, Ole Granhaug, Robert Espeseth
  • Patent number: 8108968
    Abstract: A grommet assembly includes a retainer including a sleeve, and a boot secured to the retainer, including a first and a second series of pleats aligned with the sleeve, each pleat of the second series decreasing in size as distance from the retainer increases, each pleat of the first series having a substantially uniform size and spaced from a consecutive pleat of the first series by a distance that is less than a space between consecutive pleats of the second series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Brad L. Pietryga, Douglas P. Gonsler
  • Patent number: 8089002
    Abstract: In a cable insertion structure for an outboard motor, a pawl section and a supporting section of a resinous cap are inserted from the inside of a cowling into a communicating hole of a rubber grommet, and the pawl section is fitted into a recess. Then, the communicating section of the rubber grommet is sandwiched between the pawl section and the pressing section, and thus the resinous cap is fixed to the rubber grommet. In the above-described state, a cable is inserted from an insertion hole of the resinous cap into a cable housing section of the rubber grommet. A clip band is fastened to a groove of the cable housing section to fix the cable housing section to the cable. The cable insertion structure for an outboard motor prevents a rubber grommet from coming off even when an external force that pulls the cable is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8070008
    Abstract: A plug to hermetically seal an aperture in a sheetmetal, or in the floor of a vehicle, comprising, a cap covering the aperture and comprising an external, circumferential flange resting on one side of the sheetmetal or of the floor and fitted with a first circumferential seal, an affixation portion entering said aperture and, a second circumferential seal configured at the cap or at the affixation portion and being a distance from the first seal and resting against the sheetmetal or the said floor, a cavity being subtended by the sheetmetal or said floor, the two seals and at least one wall of the plug, where said plug, includes a pressure-compensating chamber, which communicates with the cavity and, which compensates a change in pressure, caused by a change in temperature, inside the cavity, by changing the volume of the pressure-compensating chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: ITW Automotive Products GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ulf Janke
  • Publication number: 20110285257
    Abstract: An arm portal for ingress and egress within an enclosed, controlled environment, such as an incubator, employs asymmetric orifices to obtain superior arm mobility. The hand/arm portals along with the pass box can be manufactured into a one-piece injection molded assembly that is easily attached to the front face of an enclosed anaerobic environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventor: Dan M. Sheldon
  • Publication number: 20110265286
    Abstract: A grommet includes two semicircular closing plate sections that protrude from inner peripheries of a larger diameter end of an enlarging diameter tubular section provided with a vehicle body latch recess. Two half ring sections protrude from peripheral edges of central circular cut-outs at opposed ends of the semicircular closing plate sections. Adhesive tape is wound around the half ring sections. The semicircular closing plate sections are thinner than the enlarging diameter tubular section and have bellows-like configurations with projections and depressions. The half ring sections deform in accordance with an outer diameter of the wire harness and a bending direction of the wire harness. Deformation of the semicircular closing plate sections is absorbed by the bellows-like configurations, and the vehicle body latch recess of the enlarging diameter tubular section coupled to an outer periphery of the semicircular closing plate sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kinryu Paku, Tsutomu Sakata, Daiki Nagayasu, Masahide Tsuru
  • Patent number: 8049109
    Abstract: A cable grommet system for installation in data centers, offices and the like, for sealing cable openings in raised flooring, wall or ceiling panels, server cabinets, etc. to facilitate the installation and revision of wiring and cabling to server installations while minimizing losses of any provided conditioned air. A wide variety of grommet configurations is possible with a limited number of component parts. An advantageous acute angle mounting of sealing brushes enhances the sealing effectiveness thereof, particularly for smaller sizes of cable openings. In some embodiments, a novel arrangement of electrical conductors is incorporated into the grommet structures for dissipation of electrostatic charges, enabling the basic frame components to be formed of a flame retardant material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Upsite Technologies, Inc
    Inventors: Arthur T. Sempliner, Berkeley T. Merchant